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City Transit workers took to the streets Wednesday to demand a wage increase -- an increase they say they deserve and their union actually won in arbitration with the MTA earlier this year.

"My rent my bills, my Con Edison. Everything is going up but yet my wages aren't going up. This is what we are out here for," said MTA conductor Pedro Motezuma.

The workers say the MTA is refusing to give them the increase of 11.3 percent over three years. In fact, it's asking the courts to throw that arbitration finding out. They are also blaming Mayor Michael Bloomberg for blocking their pay hike.

The union is supporting Bill Thompson in the mayor's race. At the protest, they used a large poster of Mayor Bloomberg holding a city bus and a train while stepping on people.

"He can't have it both ways, he wants term limits both ways and now he wants arbitration both ways," said one transit worker.

"He is taking the bread and butter out of our members and families mouths," said Local 100 secretary Darlyne Lawson.

Less than three weeks from Election Day, the mayor responded cautiously.

"I understand how they want to get more. I have always been in favor in paying companies and people who work for the the city to pay them more and to get them to work more. But the problem with the MTA is where is the money going to come from, they just don't have it," Bloomberg said.

Transit workers say although Wednesday was their first official "Day of Outrage," there will be many many more if necessary.

"To the MTA, to the powers that be, understand this. Do not under estimate us. This is day of outrage number one and there will be 101 if necessary," said TWU Local 100 Acting President Curtis Tate.

There were initial reports that there would be work slow downs along bus and train routes, but the union says they did not call for such actions.

The MTA also says there were no slow downs.